Once a plodding behemoth, the new Microsoft is increasingly nimble, responsive to feedback and focused on mobile. James Kendrick is very impressed with Redmond's ongoing transformation of its products and services.

M1 will not have to pay a fine for a five-hour service disruption in February 2014 because it wasn't responsible for a software bug in its switches that caused the downtime, says the country's regulator.

A French/Silicon Valley start-up has introduced a multiplatform, 3D high-definition voice conferencing platform which alleviates many of the audio quality issues that plague most unified communications systems.